Peter Byck’s film Carbon Nation offers tangible take-aways for affecting change and implementing sustainable solutions on many levels.

On Sunday, April 17th I watched the screening at Facets Multimedia in Lincoln Park during the weekend of its Chicago theatrical premiere. Tim invited me and even though I didn’t have time to read about the film, I’m a vulture when it comes to learning about sustainability (look for my next post on favorite sustainability books). After a few minutes of environmental stats via awesome motion graphics, I realized that this wouldn’t be the doom and gloom evening I had anticipated.

When creativity consultant Pamela Meyer conducted a workshop at our office, we discovered one of the company's primary strengths was that "our commitment to work-life balance ultimately makes us better at our jobs."

We are involved in many personal endeavors outside of Mightybytes. Activities like training for the Climate Ride, adapting and performing children’s stories, and playing in the local Spazzball league are extremely important to us. I talked to the crew at the office, and they told me some of the tips that help them find a better balance between personal and professional pursuits:

We just got a new bike rack for the office. Several of us commute via two wheels as often as the unpredictable Chicago weather will allow and while Andersonville is a safe neighborhood locking our bikes to a parking meter on the street probably isn’t the most secure option.

So it is in the spirit of the warming weather and our fancy new bike rack that we offer up these wise tidbits for why we support biking to work:

Mid-way through our rainy Friday, the office was brightened up by some fresh faces.

Students from Westwood College’s Visual Communications and Animation programs paid Mightybytes a social call today. We showed off our demo reel and discussed everything from social media marketing for filmmakers to brewing beer and worm composting. The semi-informal session spawned dozens of questions fielded by Joy, Tim, Steve, Bryan and Stephanie and hopefully helped the crew of nearly a dozen students make some smart choices about career paths. Continue on to check out the photo slideshow.

Last week I attended Bridgeline Digital’s “Content Revolution Tour” and learned how to build a better content strategy. Here are three key take-aways.

Bridgeline Digital, the host of the Content Revolution Tour, invited people to join Content Marketing Experts Ann Handley (Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs) and Becki Dilworth (Vice President of Digital Strategy at Bridgeline Digital) for a one-hour breakfast strategy jam session. The goal: learn to build a successful content marketing program.